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Tag: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

A Vaccine for High Blood Pressure?

| May 28, 2015 Comment

A Vaccine for High Blood Pressure – Scientists have created an experimental vaccine that successfully reduced blood pressure in rats for six months. High blood pressure or hypertension is a condition where the force of the blood against the artery walls is too high and can lead to heart disease and stroke. Hypertension can go […]

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Mixed Progress on Curbing Food-borne Pathogens in US

Mixed Progress on Curbing Food-borne Pathogens in US

| May 16, 2015 Comment

Mixed Progress on Curbing Food-borne Pathogens in US – US cases of two deadly types of food-borne pathogens have fallen sharply since 2008, but rates of other key types of food-borne bugs have increased, according to the latest report on nine pathogens tracked by health officials. Dr. Patricia Griffin of the US Centers for Disease […]

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Blue Bell Ice Cream Recalls All Its Products Due to Listeria

Blue Bell Ice Cream Recalls All Its Products Due to Listeria

| April 21, 2015 Comment

Blue Bell ice cream recalls all its products due to listeria – Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries issued a voluntary recall Monday night for all of its products on the market after two samples of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream tested positive for listeria, a potentially deadly bacteria. Blue Bell’s chief executive Paul Kruse said […]

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More Americans Buying Low-Sodium Foods

| April 10, 2015 Comment

More Americans Buying Low-Sodium Foods – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently looked at the results of a survey on what kind of food products Americans are buying and found that almost a third of those surveyed said they purchase products labeled low-sodium or reduced-sodium. Salt can increase the risk of […]

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15 Children Dead from the Flu This Season

| December 30, 2014 Comment

15 Children Dead from Flu This Season – According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, influenza has already taken a heavy toll, with 15 children dying from the virus. Twenty-two states are seeing a large number of flu cases, and at 6.8% cases nationwide, influenza is officially at an epidemic level in […]

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US to Track Everyone Coming from Ebola Nations

US to Track Everyone Coming from Ebola Nations

| October 23, 2014 Comment

US to track everyone coming from Ebola nations – Stepping up their vigilance against Ebola, federal authorities said Wednesday that everyone traveling into the US from Ebola-stricken nations will be monitored for symptoms for 21 days. That includes returning American aid workers, federal health employees and journalists, as well as West African travelers. The Centers […]

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Hospital: American Video Journalist Free of Ebola

Hospital: American Video Journalist Free of Ebola

| October 22, 2014 Comment

Hospital: American video journalist free of Ebola – An Omaha hospital says an American video journalist is free of Ebola and will be released soon. The Nebraska Medical Center said Tuesday afternoon that Ashoka Mukpo’s blood tested negative for the virus. The test was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He will be […]

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WHO: Nigeria’s Ebola Outbreak Is Officially Over

WHO: Nigeria’s Ebola Outbreak Is Officially Over

| October 20, 2014 Comment

WHO: Nigeria’s Ebola Outbreak Is Officially Over – Nigeria is free of Ebola, the World Health Organization declared Monday a rare victory in the months-long battle against the fatal disease. WHO’s director for Nigeria, Rui Gama Vaz, told a news conference in the capital, Abuja, that Nigeria’s containment of Ebola is a “spectacular success story.” […]

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US Ebola Patient Condition Critical

US Ebola Patient Condition Critical

| October 6, 2014 Comment

US Ebola Patient Condition Critical – Doctors treating the first US Ebola patient at a hospital in Dallas have announced that his condition has deteriorated from serious to critical. Thomas Eric Duncan caught the deadly virus on a visit to his native Liberia two weeks ago. A HazMat team has been cleaning the apartment where […]

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CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in US

CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in US

| September 30, 2014 Comment

The CDC has confirmed the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. The agency says the patient is in strict isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. According to the CDC, the patient, a frequent traveler to Africa, had recently visited Liberia, where he contracted the virus, and returned to the U-S on […]

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Over 700 Texas Infants Exposed to Tuberculosis at Hospital

Over 700 Texas Infants Exposed to Tuberculosis at Hospital

| September 22, 2014 Comment

Over 700 Texas Infants Exposed to Tuberculosis at Hospital – More than 700 infants and about 40 health care workers in El Paso Texas were exposed to Tuberculosis. The hospital is now preforming free screenings.

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